Thread: The SSILD test. - 30 days.

Day 21, 22

Nothing.

Day 23

I thought to myself, This is like something that would be in a dream. Later, I woke up. So close!

Day 24

2 lucid dreams in one night! Both very short, but that is a separate issue. Each one came with a FA also, which I was lucid for one. I also think I got some auditory HI during one of the cycles - faint but definitely there. I got too excited and it went away.

Good attempts: 16 (8 more partial); Lucids: 6; FAs: 12; HIs: 1

The last couple of days I have been having less awakenings, so that helps. Plus after the cycles I have been falling asleep to a mantra of 1, I'm dreaming, 2, I'm dreaming, 3, etc. I think this is good because then with the increased awareness from the cycles, I reach the right conclusion.

I will be staying with this for 30 good attempts by the way. Hopefully this thread does not die from being transferred to "Research."

Originally Posted by Matt1

Day 21, 22

Nothing.

Day 23

I thought to myself, This is like something that would be in a dream. Later, I woke up. So close!

Day 24

2 lucid dreams in one night! Both very short, but that is a separate issue. Each one came with a FA also, which I was lucid for one. I also think I got some auditory HI during one of the cycles - faint but definitely there. I got too excited and it went away.

Good attempts: 16 (8 more partial); Lucids: 6; FAs: 12; HIs: 1

The last couple of days I have been having less awakenings, so that helps. Plus after the cycles I have been falling asleep to a mantra of 1, I'm dreaming, 2, I'm dreaming, 3, etc. I think this is good because then with the increased awareness from the cycles, I reach the right conclusion.

I will be staying with this for 30 good attempts by the way. Hopefully this thread does not die from being transferred to "Research."

That's excellent Matt! I too hope this transfer does not ruin this thread. It took me a while to figure out what happened to the thread and finding it wasn't exactly easy...

Originally Posted by CosmicIron

That's excellent Matt! I too hope this transfer does not ruin this thread. It took me a while to figure out what happened to the thread and finding it wasn't exactly easy...

I hope it doesn't die either. I haven't been posting lately because I've been busy on a programming project.

Also, CosmicIron, I have a question. I've been noticing the last few days that the subjective noise in my ears, (tinnitus), when things are quiet, I can notice a lot more now than I used to be able to. At first, I was actually trying to enhance this, as a kind of anchor or tool for lucid dreaming. But the last few days it's begun to concern me that maybe it will lead to long-term problems, where I can't get rid of the sound even if I want to. Has this happened to you, and if so, how do you deal with it?

Originally Posted by Venryx

I hope it doesn't die either. I haven't been posting lately because I've been busy on a programming project.

Also, CosmicIron, I have a question. I've been noticing the last few days that the subjective noise in my ears, (tinnitus), when things are quiet, I can notice a lot more now than I used to be able to. At first, I was actually trying to enhance this, as a kind of anchor or tool for lucid dreaming. But the last few days it's begun to concern me that maybe it will lead to long-term problems, where I can't get rid of the sound even if I want to. Has this happened to you, and if so, how do you deal with it?

Do not worry about it. It's just a sign that you have become much more sensitive through the training, and you are much more relaxed so you are better at shifting your "focus point". SSILD is especially good at helping us improve this ability. Once you fully master it you may be able to shift into dream world from complete wakefulness within seconds! I have been doing this for more than 20 years and have had tens of thousands of LDs/OBEs, and I'm perfectly healthy... much healthier than most people in my age!

Originally Posted by CosmicIron

tens of thousands LDs

And most of them are SSILDs?

Originally Posted by MrOMGWTF

And most of them are SSILDs?

Of course not. SSILD is a very young technique which I developed only two years ago in order to teach a few people to better induce LDs. It is however based on a customized WILD routine of my own, and heavily influenced by the "focus point" model which i discovered many years ago. Nowadays though I almost use SSILD exclusively myself.